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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2010
Applicants:
Michael Knaupp, Zaisenhausen, DE;
Andreas Meyer, Neibsheim, DE;
Inventors:
Michael Knaupp, Zaisenhausen, DE;
Andreas Meyer, Neibsheim, DE;
Assignee:
Flow International Corporation, Kent, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for improving a tool tip path of a machine, such as a waterjet cutting machine, by testing and compensating for tool misalignment. The system and method using a sensor positioned to sense a portion of the machine, such as a cutting head assembly, during a sequence of movements thereof and configured to output information indicative of various positions and orientations of a tool of the machine so as to generate an improved tool tip path based on transformation parameters derived from such information.